Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... Developments . These give play to the imagination , and supply the details of a connected story ; they also furnish an excellent test of style , because they give no 312648 assistance . In the first Developments , hints are given ( iii )
... Developments . These give play to the imagination , and supply the details of a connected story ; they also furnish an excellent test of style , because they give no 312648 assistance . In the first Developments , hints are given ( iii )
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... Messrs . Roberts Bros. , to Mr. Parke Godwin , and to others whose names are mentioned in connection with the selections copied . RICHMOND , VA . , January , 1890 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER 1. THE SIMPLE SENTENCE Elements of the iv PREFACE .
... Messrs . Roberts Bros. , to Mr. Parke Godwin , and to others whose names are mentioned in connection with the selections copied . RICHMOND , VA . , January , 1890 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER 1. THE SIMPLE SENTENCE Elements of the iv PREFACE .
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... connected with the principal statement , " he prayed for those , by means of the relative " whose . " The clause modifies the pronoun " those . " He came to a garden where rich roses bloomed . ( 21 ) THE COMPLEX SENTENCE Clauses of the ...
... connected with the principal statement , " he prayed for those , by means of the relative " whose . " The clause modifies the pronoun " those . " He came to a garden where rich roses bloomed . ( 21 ) THE COMPLEX SENTENCE Clauses of the ...
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... connected . 5. In a long conditional sentence , where the condition is introduced by " if " or " though , " place the antecedent , or " if - clause , " first . Never , except when the " if - clause " is very emphatic , should it be ...
... connected . 5. In a long conditional sentence , where the condition is introduced by " if " or " though , " place the antecedent , or " if - clause , " first . Never , except when the " if - clause " is very emphatic , should it be ...
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... connected by means of co - ordinate conjunctions ; but they may stand joined by their very position in the sentence - connected without any conjunction expressed . Co - ordinate Conjunctions are divided into four classes ; namely ...
... connected by means of co - ordinate conjunctions ; but they may stand joined by their very position in the sentence - connected without any conjunction expressed . Co - ordinate Conjunctions are divided into four classes ; namely ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord meaning meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sail Saxon sense simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak stanza statement style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer